Finance and cash

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Key accounting concepts
This subject introduces the key accounting concepts such as cash flow, selling price, trading account, cost of goods sold, gross profit and net profit. Timing: 10 to 15 minutes.

Trading reports and capital requirements
This subject deals with trading reports and profit and loss statements. Just as someone driving a car relies on the car's instrument panel to determine how the car is performing, so a business owner relies on certain reports to determine how a business is performing. The financial reports covered here tell the business owner about whether the business is profitable and how to calculate capital requirements. Timing: 10 to 15 minutes.

How a balance sheet works
This subject introduces the components of a balance sheet and shows how it works. Timing: 5 to 10 minutes.

Business records you should keep
Keeping accurate and up-to-date records is vital to the success of any business. This fact sheet explains what records you need to keep to establish a successful record keeping system.

Annual profit budget forecast and spreadsheet
The annual profit budget forecast shows the expected income, expenditure and profit for a business over a budget period. This fact sheet provides user friendly instructions on how to use the annual profit budget spreadsheet to calculate your annual profit budget.

Annual cash flow forecast and spreadsheet
Cash flow forecasting enables you to plan your flow of cash so you can fund your debts and expand safely. This fact sheets shows how to forecast your cash flow and provides charts you can adapt to your business.

Control your cash flow
Businesses need cash. How you manage cash is critical to the success of your business. Here are some steps you can take to control your cash flow.

Covering your loan repayments
Your relationship with your lender is an integral part of the future success of your business, so it is vital you meet your loan repayments on time. Here are some steps to show how.

Financing your business
If you are seeking finance to establish or grow a business, this fact sheet explains the various options available to you.